Résumé

BA in English Literature; Minor in editing and publishing at Brigham Young University, Sep. 2017–Dec. 2021
Cumulative GPA: 3.99
Major GPA: 4.00

Intro to Print Publishing: Utilized Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator to design a logo, a business card, a flyer, a magazine article, a book cover, and a book interior
Modern American Usage: Learned formal American English usage and grammatical principles and studied current usage debates
Basic Editing Skills: Learned copyediting guidelines outlined in The Chicago Manual of Style and applied them by creating a formal style guide for a local clinic
Genre and Substantive Editing for Technical Writing: Used substantive editing principles to edit an instruction manual for using macros in Microsoft Word
Writing Literary Criticism: Learned how to perform thorough literary analysis and construct complex arguments
Writing and Tutoring: Studied writing tutoring principles and applied them as an embedded academic writing tutor in a Humanities literature course
Young Adult Literature: Examined the genre of YA literature and studied the trends of the current YA publishing industry

Familius, Mar. 2022–Present

Edit children’s, middle-grade, and adult books for content, clarity, concision, style, grammar, etc.
Correspond with authors via email and Zoom to schedule and complete editing processes
Prepare manuscripts for Indesign by inserting design and layout tags and completing document clean up

Utah Valley University, Jan. 2022–Present

Conduct synchronous and asynchronous writing consultations to teach students research and writing skills across academic disciplines
Revise and edit handouts/training materials to ensure academic quality of Writing Center resources
Create and lead writing workouts to help students master writing principles in the historical discipline

Brigham Young University, Mar. 2021–Dec. 2021

Fact-checked, copyedited, and proofread articles and manuscripts to ensure quality academic scholarship
Completed projects remotely and attended weekly Zoom meetings to report progress
Note: I did not provide editing samples from BYU Studies because the files I edited are confidential to preserve the author’s scholarly reputation.

Brigham Young University, Sep. 2020–Dec. 2021

Conducted synchronous and asynchronous writing consultations to teach students how to apply writing principles in a variety of academic disciplines
Collaborated with English as a second language (ESL) students to revise global structure and sentence-level grammar of essays
Utilized interpersonal skills to create a comfortable learning environment
Updated student handouts and wrote academic tutoring tips to improve student learning experience

Brigham Young University, Jan. 2020–Dec. 2020

Applied critical writing skills to provide marginal feedback on student essays and conducted writing consultations to strengthen student writing skills
Created presentations to instruct students about basic writing principles and assignment expectations

Brigham Young University, Sep. 2017–Apr. 2020

Greeted guests in-person and over the phone to improve customer experience
Compiled and transcribed documents for office projects and events and assisted in event preparation
Trained new student employees in receptionist duties and other tasks

Brigham Young University, Sep. 2021–Dec. 2021

Brainstormed content topics and wrote articles for student-run websites based on audience expectations
Led a team of student editors to edit articles according to style guide requirements
Promoted websites through planned campaigns and corresponded with patrons to increase website traffic

Brigham Young University, Jan. 2021–Mar. 2021

Evaluated science fiction and fantasy short stories for publication with student team through Zoom
Performed substantive edits on fantasy short stories

Brigham Young University, Sep. 2020–Dec. 2020

Evaluated short story submissions and copyedited accepted stories selected for publications with a team of student editors
Transcribed and uploaded past journal editions to WordPress